"Everybody has a gift—so find the best in you and express it."

"Are we really interested in the story of a serial killer? Or are we interested in the story of a serial killer society? We opted for the latter."

“There is a real gentle sway between confidence and vulnerability.”

“My generation is so vocal. We just want truth, we want authenticity, and we don’t want bullshit.”

“How do we look at the experiences that we all can identify with but tell them through the gaze or the lens of somebody whose story hasn’t been told before.” —Amma Asante

"Star Wars, if you go back to its genesis in that very first film, was political. Politics has always played a part in it."

"You've got to go there with faith in your heart that you are going to discover something that you probably, you know it exists, but you may not have considered it."

“We have to look for our community in order to feel 100% ourselves and be proud of who we are.”

“It was very easy to work with [Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal] because both of them are very good actors.”

"I talked to people who said afterwards that they would find themselves weeping, and they would look and there's, you know, somebody weeping beside them by they didn't even know why."

“Filmmaking is this ability to harness a story, with these incredible actors and locations, and to somehow find a way of bringing it all together.”

“I had to find someone who wasn’t doing an impersonation… but actually an interpretation and could actually capture the spirit.”

Actor Tamlyn Tomita breaks down why The Joy Luck Club was such a significant milestone for Asian American representation on film and celebrates the new wave of Asian American talent — both on- and off-screen — gaining traction in the industry after the watershed success of Crazy Rich Asians, the first film since The Joy Luck Club by a major Hollywood studio to feature a cast of majority Asian descent.

“It would be a ludicrous task to attempt to become [Salvador] Dalí. Because I’m not a genius. I have my limits.”

“Canada’s Top Ten celebrates the very best of Canadian cinema, showcasing the bold artistry of Canada’s most celebrated filmmakers and the fresh perspectives of emerging voices. The selection reflects Canada’s eclectic cultural landscape and a renaissance in risk-taking cinema.” –Anita Lee, TIFF Chief Programming Officer

"Somebody asked last night 'Boy, you must have been breaking up a lot while you were shooting.' And it's true – because you don't know what's going to come out of somebody's mouth, you appreciate a funny line when you hear it. But the problem is, you don't want to ruin a completely spontaneous great take by laughing through it."

TIFF presents Black Futures on Film on digital TIFF Bell Lightbox, a contemporary exploration of Black imagery on screen. Challenging commonly accepted ideas of what Black stories can be and expanding beyond the month’s singular focus on Black history, Black Futures on Film looks to explore what it means to be Black and on screen now and tomorrow.

"Sometimes the universe is speaking to you, and it did with this film. Bob's music, his message means so much to so many and we really wanted to bring something that humanized him, that brought his lyrics to you and to a new generation." —Reinaldo Marcus Green

South Korea's most versatile writer-director, Bong Joon-ho, discusses how South Korean society has influenced their cinema.

"I think it’s the most honest portrayal of the conflicts and complexities of one man. Only Scorsese could create such a portrait." —Bong Joon-ho on Raging Bull, released in theatres 40 years ago today

“You’ve made a tremendous dream of mine come true.”

"It's the difference between seeing the Mona Lisa in-person versus a lithograph."

“It is the sum total of like a billion other influences.”

"I think a movie would not really feel human if it didn’t have some kind of humour in it."

“As we announce TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten for 2023, we applaud the visionary filmmakers who have enriched the Canadian cinematic landscape with their creativity and the power of their stories. These films not only showcase the depth of our homegrown talent, but also underscore the cultural richness of our nation and the many stories we have to tell.” —Cameron Bailey, CEO

Supervised and approved by the master director himself, TIFF Cinematheque is proud to have a one-week exclusive Canadian video-on-demand premiere of this retrospective, thanks to Janus Films. Featuring a special extended cut of The Hand and new restorations of these classics from the original 35mm camera negatives:

"Sometimes, so many things can go wrong in a movie and it ends up a classic."

Start crafting your 2023 watchlist with films like Boys N The Hood, Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 bruxelles, Brief Encounter, Kiki’s Delivery Service, and more. Launching January 6, TIFF Cinematheque’s winter programming dives into a retrospective of Delphine Seyrig’s intersectional feminism-inspired career, explores New Black Realism in the ‘90s, and bids adieu to TIFF Senior Programmer Steve Gravestock in his final series. 

Telling stories from coast to coast to coast.

“I was obsessed with building this love story with equality and it got even more radical in the process.”

“I hadn’t seen any movies about teenagers who were just really lame.”

"Pound for pound, if there's one story out of every five years that actually speaks to something from this diverse culture that we live in in Canada — it's not enough for me."

“When certain bits of accomplishment or success didn't feel like a win, it felt like a loss in some way. It was because of the type of men I was dating. Men who were threatened by me on some level. And it was that juxtaposition where I felt that I wanted to put that on screen.”

Chloé Zhao’s award–winning impressionistic drama casts real-life wrangler Brady Jandreau as a South Dakota cowboy struggling to chart a new course.

“One of the most reliably interesting and surprising filmmakers working today, Petzold makes sharp, visually intelligent, psychologically sophisticated movies.” —Manohla Dargis, The New York Times